Big 12 Athlete of the Year candidates will be highlighted each day through July 17. Fans will then be able to vote for their male and female choices from July 17-22. Fan voting will be considered in the final tally for selecting this prestigious award. Today's featured candidates are Oklahoma's Lauren Chamberlain and Buddy Hield.
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Lauren Chamberlain
Softball
Senior; Trabuco Canyon, Calif.
♦ Nominated for a 2015 ESPY Award for Best Record Breaking Performance after she hit a grand slam to break the NCAA record for career home runs
♦ Hit a grand slam again North Texas on April 30 to break the NCAA home run record
♦ Nominated for the Honda Sports Award for softball
♦ Only the second Sooner in school history to earn All-America honors four times and the second to earn first-team All-America honors three times
♦ All-Big 12 first team and All-Region first team (fourth of each in her career) |
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Buddy Hield
Men's Basketball
Junior; Freeport, Bahamas
♦ Big 12 Player of the Year
♦ Third-team All-American (AP and NABC)
♦ First player in 19-year history of the Big 12 to be named Player of the Year, lead the league in scoring and be named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team
♦ Started all 35 games and averaged 17.4 points per game
♦ Led the Big 12 with 2.7 three-pointers per game |